Pancolitis Associated With COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). COVID-19 infection commonly affects the pulmonary system, ranging from being asymptomatic to having mild upper respiratory tract infection symptoms, to having severe cases causing multi...

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Autores principales: Hussien, Siham, Tewoldemedhin, Bereket K, Tran, Dena H, Sood, Aseem, Micheal, Miriam B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8747971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35028209
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20307
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author Hussien, Siham
Tewoldemedhin, Bereket K
Tran, Dena H
Sood, Aseem
Micheal, Miriam B
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description Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). COVID-19 infection commonly affects the pulmonary system, ranging from being asymptomatic to having mild upper respiratory tract infection symptoms, to having severe cases causing multi-organ failure. However, COVID-19 infection involving the gastrointestinal (GI) tract leading to pancolitis is an extremely rare complication. We present a rare case of a patient who presented with pancolitis and on testing for admission found to be positive for COVID-19. We will explore the GI tropism and the mechanism of COVID-19 infection with gastrointestinal symptoms of pancolitis.
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spelling pubmed-87479712022-01-12 Pancolitis Associated With COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report Hussien, Siham Tewoldemedhin, Bereket K Tran, Dena H Sood, Aseem Micheal, Miriam B Cureus Internal Medicine Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). COVID-19 infection commonly affects the pulmonary system, ranging from being asymptomatic to having mild upper respiratory tract infection symptoms, to having severe cases causing multi-organ failure. However, COVID-19 infection involving the gastrointestinal (GI) tract leading to pancolitis is an extremely rare complication. We present a rare case of a patient who presented with pancolitis and on testing for admission found to be positive for COVID-19. We will explore the GI tropism and the mechanism of COVID-19 infection with gastrointestinal symptoms of pancolitis. Cureus 2021-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8747971/ /pubmed/35028209 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20307 Text en Copyright © 2021, Hussien et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_full Pancolitis Associated With COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report
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title_short Pancolitis Associated With COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8747971/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20307
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